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On March 9, President Barack Obama ordered new sanctions to be placed on the country of Venezuela and a certain number of their citizens citing 'human right violations' as the justification for these economic restrictions. However, just as...

A wave of protests accompanied Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev throughout the string of their North American performances. Both of them earned the ire of Western audiences for openly endorsing Vladimir Putin’s...

U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) yesterday introduced S. 269, the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015, this new bill is co-sponsored by 16 Senators from both sides of the aisle. Negotiations are still ongoing with the...

Since the U.S. has had near absolute control over the global financial system for the past 70 years through its position as the keeper of the global reserve currency, the dollar can and has been used as a weapon to force other nations to succumb...

Many analysts and European political leaders are just now digesting the ramifications of Thursday's move by Switzerland to de-peg their currency from the Euro, and what it means going forward for the rest of Europe that has now seen one...

On Jan. 5, the hard line Socialist leader of France, Francois Hollande, publicly called for an ending of economic sanctions against Russia once firm talks commence over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Hollande provided his remarks in preparation...

Addictive gamblers tend to continue betting on a bad run of luck, but for President Barack Obama, doubling down on ignorance and bad information can cause much greater harm to the sanctity and confidence of a country. And like when President Obama...

For those of you with a bit of a populist slant, the past week has seen a perfectly timed barrage of gifts. In the last half of the year (but December in particular), it seems as though several seemingly unconnected factors have combined into a...

Recently President Obama has made remarks regarding sanctions against the nation of Israel. This is totally wrong and must not happen! When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, May 24, 2011...

The Washington Free Beacon reported Thursday that discussions are ongoing in the Obama White House and State Department over possible sanctions to be imposed on the State of Israel. At issue is the ongoing construction of Jewish housing in...

In what has become a game of cat and mouse in the ongoing sanctions war, the Russian central bank announced on Dec. 4 that they are prepared to continue to dump their dollar holdings, as well as other currency reserves, to protect the Rouble from...

While the ramifications of a U.S.- Saudi Arabian 'secret oil' deal conflict with OPEC's recent stance in holding oil production levels the same, a collateral effect is taking place for American oil producers and servicing companies who...

In a report disclosed on Nov. 21 that reveals the total amount of direct trade being done between Russia and China through September of this year, new data shows that there has been an increase of over 800% from 2013's year over year numbers...

Over the past decade, economic sanctions have been the primary weapon of choice by the United States against any nation they are in opposition with, and wish to impose their national will against. In fact, the majority of sanctions currently...

On Nov. 11, just days after announcing the un-pegging of the Rouble and allowing its free float in the global currency system, Russia is going after the heart of the dollar and the reserve currency by declaring that they will create an alternative...